UB Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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The UB Electronic Theses and Dissertations collection accepts theses and dissertations from all graduate programs at the University of Baltimore. Beginning in 2017, all graduate students are required to submit an electronic copy of their thesis or dissertation to this collection. Submissions prior to 2017 were at either the behest of an individual program or at the student's discretion.
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Recent Submissions
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The Impact of Varying Leader Culture Types on Organizational Change Initiatives
(2018-05-05)The nature of homeostatic organizations makes change difficult, yet organizations promote change to meet new visions, new goals and to address organizational deficiencies. Commonly used change management tools, known in ... -
The Moderating Effects of Healthy Value Congruence on the Role Stressor-Strain Relationship
(2018-08)This study examines the moderating effects of healthy value congruence on the relationship between role stressors (i.e., role ambiguity, role conflict, and role overload) and outcome variables (i.e., burnout and turnover ... -
Productivity Strategies for Non-traditional Students
(2018-07-18)Becoming an adult involves taking on additional roles and responsibilities, and with these come the inevitable challenge of facing competing commitments. One extreme and common case of this is the returning student, and ... -
Low‐Literacy Search Behavior: Designing to Increase Information Retrieval and Successful Task Completion on Government Means‐Based Program Websites
(2018-07-17)The purpose of this observational study is to support existing research on low-literacy user interactions and behaviors, and to observe how low-literacy users interact with and perceive means-based government program ... -
Infotecture: Gauging Where Physical Architecture and Information Architecture Merge and Divide
(2018-07-18)This thesis examined the problem of a lack of universal information architecture (IA) design standard in the realm of information technology (IT), resulting in over-diversity, bad IA, best practices disarray, and substantialized ... -
Public Administrators’ Attitudes toward Citizen Participation: Case Evidence from the Water Resources Agency in Taiwan
(2018-07-09)The study aims to profoundly examine how the public administrators’ attitudes towards citizen participation (CP) could affect their decision on the implementation of a meaningful CP that would reciprocally impact on the ... -
Listening in the City: Designing Better Portable Listening Devices for Changing Environments
(2018)The focus of this thesis is how the design of portable listening devices (PLDs) can improve the interaction between urban users and their environment. First, in a literature review, topics such as the sociology of PLD use, ... -
Participatory Design and Learning Outcomes: Designing a Citizen Science Portal with Elementary School Students
(2018-06)This paper explores research in Participatory Design when working with student populations. It combines existing design frameworks and integrates them with the Montessori Method and 21st Century Skills to produce learning ... -
Accessible Web Typography for the Visually Impaired
(2018-05)Background: Visual impairments affect millions of people worldwide. Accessible web typography is important in ensuring online legibility for this diverse group of users to help them maintain their independence. However, ... -
But Just Listen
(2018-03-16)“But Just Listen” is a website that explores the way stories of young voices can be told through conversations with an adult: particularly showcasing the student-teacher relationship. I created “But Just Listen” as a way ... -
Victimization and the Impact on Inmate Behavior
(2018-05-21)Numerous studies have examined the correlation between childhood physical and/or sexual victimization, and re-victimization later in life in the general population. However, fewer studies have explored how such victimization ... -
The Sharing Economy with Heart: Developing a Peer-to-Peer Marketplace for Patients and Their Families Traveling for Medical Care
(2018-05)Hosts for Humanity is a non-profit organization that connects patients and their families traveling for medical care with volunteers willing to host them. Currently, patients and hosts are matched manually; however, for ... -
Homeworking: Domestic Space and Creativity
(2018-05)This project explored how domestic spaces, the places people have carved out in which to live and also work, along with the everyday experiences artists have in those places, influenced creative practice and artistic ... -
In Between Words: Communications in Response to Metaphysical Questions
(2018-05-19)When I began this project, I knew I wanted to address metaphysical questions, the big questions if you will. I didn’t know how I would address them or distribute my findings, but I knew I wanted to take the opportunity to ... -
Digitally Facilitating Reminders and Alerting for Individuals Struggling with Young-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
(2018-04-25)Approximately 658,000 struggle with Young-Onset Dementia (YOD) in the United States alone. While on a percentage basis, these individuals represent a small subsection of the Alzheimer’s community overall, the needs associated ... -
Graphical Passwords and Young Learners
(2016-06)Computer security is becoming an increasingly important and common part of our daily lives. We cannot use computers safely or securely without effective login systems. This challenge is especially problematic for children. ... -
Why Technology for Caregivers Fail: A Qualitative Study of GPS-Based Technology Supporting Alzheimer’s Caregivers
(2018-02)The purpose of this research is to understand the usability challenges of wearable Global Positioning System (GPS)-based technologies for at home caregivers managing wandering effects for loved ones with Dementia, specifically ... -
A Collaborative Approach to Improving Adolescent eHealth Literacy
(2017-12-01)Open Educational Resources (OERs) could provide relief for common issues related to the digital divide, particularly issues related to appropriate digital content for classroom use, teacher discomfort using digital content, ... -
Designing a Digital Timesheet System for YouthWorks Baltimore
(2018-02-06)Baltimore YouthWorks is a program operated by the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office for Employment Development (MOED). Approximately 8,000 Baltimore City youth, aged 14-21, receive short-term summer employment at minimum wage ... -
Tutor +, A Website That Connects Students With Private Tutors
(2018-02-01)The goal of this project is to create an online platform, where students can easily find and hire private tutors. Students from different levels as well as majors will be able to find the tutors that best suit their ...
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